The ofchdady nymph of Gemini (the Twins) - February 2026

[Jorge_Stolfi]

If one is standing in the grass, is the other standing in the water?

I cannot explain my real theory of what is going on with the nymphs on that part of the diagram (outer band, from 06:00 to 08:30).   But here is a delphinized approximation.  For that nymph, the explanation is basically the same as for the first "overflow" nymph on f72r2.  Namely, the "Artist" started drawing the nymph from the head down, and ended up drawing the knees to far from the middle text band.  He hacked a fix for his mistake by having her stand on some platform, like a tub of water or a pillow. 

Next, for some reason, he decided to draw a happy clothed family instead of four more naked nymphs. Maybe the Author told him to do so, because those four stars were somehow special. Maybe the Scribe had just learned to draw clothed people.  Maybe he was just bored.  Anyway, so he started drawing the first child, which of course had to be smaller than the typical nymph.  But again he started from the head, and again discovered only too late that the kid would be floating on thin air.  So he added a "log" to have him stand on something.

And then he had to draw the second kid the same way.

I wonder whether a psychologist could say something about the Artist from his apparent obsession with having every figure stand on something, rather than float in the air?  

All the best, --stolfi